In reply to Wetzels message.....
I was talking more in general about my team. The kids from my school and they will admit this are not the sharpest tools in the shed. There have been maybe 1 or 2 students in my school on my robotics team that were smart and pretty quick at coming up with a fallback plan during a match when the coaches couldn't. Those 2 students were our drivers for ALL major competitions just for the simple fact that they communicate well, drive well, they don't take anything for granted. Your right there are alot of good student coaches and i know a few of them myself. I guess i shouldve been a little bit more precise on what i was saying. I was just stating why my team only has adult coaches and not student coaches. I was not really talking about other teams. Some teams work well with student coaches some work well with both student and adult coaches and others work well with adults. Our team works well with the adult coach.
I do apologize if I have offended any of the teams who use the student coaches @ a competition.
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Past FIRST Robotics Events that I proudly volunteered at:
FLL: NY State Competition '03
FRC: NYC Remote Kickoff '04 & NYC Regionals '04-'15 ,'10-'13 & NJ Regionals '06-'10, Finger Lakes Regional '09 & SBPLI Regional '08-'15 and the World Championship in '05 (Galileo Field) '07 (Newton Field) '09 (Practice Fields Attendant / FTA(A)), CeBIT Convention in '04 & NextFEST in '06 both held @ the Javitts Center, Monty Madness '07-'10, Panda-monium '08, B.Eruption '08 & '09, Ramp Riot '08, PARC '09 & '10, BR^2 '09 & Wol. Inv. '09 -'15
2015 FIRST Robotics Off Season Events that I hope to volunteer at:
Where is Wolcott Invitational
2015 FIRST Robotics Events that I will be volunteering at:
SBPLI Reg. & Championships
Volunteer Resume:
Alt & Lead Team Queuer, Field Repair/Reset, Field Setup/Breakdown, Spare Parts Attendant, Field Power Controller/Score Keeper, Co-Emcee & Official Scorer, Control System Advisor, FIRST Tech Advisor Assistant & recently Practice Field Attendant.